10 things you need to know this morning in Australia

1. Oil. Tech. Trump. Bonds. Markets don’t know which way to look right now. The Trump rally is still in effect, but tech pulled the Nasdaq down 1.52% overnight while oil surged again as it looked like the OPEC agreement is going to stick. Mainly because Putin said it would. At home, the December SPI 200 contract is down 12 points after yesterday’s big 60-point rally back to 5500. The dollar has climbed back over 74 cents while iron ore is… unpredictable.

3. Scientists bonded silicon to carbon, in real life. It’s been done before with things like Liquid Nails, but this is a whole other level. They “forcefully evolved” it in bacteria. One excitable whitecoat said: “We can start asking, for the first time, what happens if you put silicon in place of carbon in living systems.”

4. Apple says only a “very small number” of iPhone 6S devices are shutting down with 30% of their power left. Guess our staff at BI are very, very unlucky then, because we’ve seen several right in our US office do it. If you think around 70% power sounds familiar, it’s around the cap Samsung put on its batteries recently. But Apple says it’s not a safety issue, and have a website where you can check to see if your 6S is eligible for a battery replacement. But only the 6S, despite reports it’s also now affecting iPhones 6, 6 Plus and 6s Plus.

5. Podcast! It’s the final episode in our six-part series where we try to help you grow your business and plan for the future. No, no need to thank us – just listen in. This week our editor-in-chief Paul Colgan is joined by Nathan Anderson, COO at StartVR. They discuss how virtual reality is going to transform industries from communications to travel and education. Woo. Find the show on iTunes or just tune in here:

7. Trump Tower has a Floor 7.5. Or Floor 13.5 if Portal’s more your thing. The building the New York Times has dubbed “White House North” has several public spaces that aren’t found on the building directory, like this one:

8. Buzz Aldrin, legend, was airlifted from the South Pole overnight. He was described as “ailing” but given he’s 86 and still traipsing across the Antarctic waste, that’s forgivable. He’s doing well in a Kiwi hospital: